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This might help your anon from earlier? At least I hope it does!!
This is probably helpful info for a lot of people.
Here’s another business insider article on what payments you might be able to pause/cancel and the programs some providers have set up: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/pause-bill-payments-if-you-lost-work-due-to-coronavirus
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@ms-demeanor
This might help your anon from earlier? At least I hope it does!!
This is probably helpful info for a lot of people.
Here’s another business insider article on what payments you might be able to pause/cancel and the programs some providers have set up: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/pause-bill-payments-if-you-lost-work-due-to-coronavirus
The rich have an obligation to redistribute their wealth
@rainbowrowell reminding us why she’s our queen 👑
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Sharing because I did in fact say all this – not because I feel 👑-ly
2019 what a great year for
the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back
2020 what a great year for
the British Museum to return all the pieces they stole to their respective countries of origin that are asking to get them back
How to Write Women of Color and Men of Color if you are White.
A colleague of mine was talking to me recently about her misgivings about her capabilities regarding writing Women of Color. She wanted very badly to include several WOC characters in her sci-fantasy series, but she had some concerns about correct portrayal and writing them in a way that wouldn’t instantly piss people off. I told her I would write something about it that might help. So, here we have it: How to write POC without pissing everyone off and doing a horrible job.
In general, it comes down to three things. Research, Persistence and Consideration. Also. for the point of this essay, I am going to use Black women, Native Women and Mixed Race women as they each represent different individual (yet very important) racial struggles that need consideration.
1. Research is by far the most important thing. EVER. For this example, I am going to use Black women.
It is important to start by trying your hardest to forget anything you think you know about Black women and Black female identity. As a white person, anything you would know about them you probably learned from media that is not controlled by or monitored by black women themselves. Meaning that it is likely not a good representation of black women at all. Or maybe you just have a Black friend.
Which you should consider in the same way you would a control group for a science experiment.
One or two subjects would not provide conclusive evidence in regards to any hypothesis. Having one or two or even five black friends can’t help you with understanding the complex history of black discourse….
In order to start from scratch, I would first spend some time reading literature written by Black women for Black women. Learning the way Black women have discourse among each other is the first step to understanding their perspective AND emulating their voice. Literature is the genre of media where POC have the most liberty (unlike film) to discuss certain topics or parts of their identity.
Then, I would delve into “complaints”. There are thousands upon thousands of articles where Black women complain about their portrayal in media. These complaints are both valid and often eloquently expressed. It is important for you to know, what things Black women (WOC) are already so fucking tired of seeing in regards to incorrect or offensive portrayals of themselves. Not only will it help you avoid making the same mistakes as white writers before you (an example of this: Arthur Golden and the hot mess that is Memoirs of a Geisha), But it will also get you upset about certain ways Black women (POC women in general) are portrayed, and make you want to write them better. This can improve your writing in that not only will you avoid being offensive, but you now have the chance to be progressive and kick stereotypes out the window!
Finally, I would take some time to follow some tumblr blogs that are run by the group you’re trying to write. This part of the research can really help because you’ll get a first hand, contemporary dialogue about issues within the specific POC community. Which leads me to my second topic…
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White people: read this.
Make it a good one, kids.
ANNIE HSIAO-CHING WANG
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i really don't understand the expression "a double-edged sword" because you get double the sword? that's like, the opposite of a problem???
Sword: Cool
Double Edged Sword: double cool
Triple Edged Sword: Illegal under the Geneva convention
Quadruple Edged Sword: Darth Maul but real
Quintuple Edged Sword: Calm down
Is a tripe edged sword really a thing and/or illegal under the Geneva convention?
YES THEY ARE REAL AND ACTUALLY BANNED UNDER THE GENEVA CONVENTION
THEY CREATE TRIANGULAR WOUNDS THAT DONT HEAL NORMALLY BY THEMSELVES OFTEN LEADING TO A HORRIBLE DEATH BY INFECTION
this is what they look like, in case you were curious
The total area of solar panels it would take to power the world, Europe, and Germany
“In just six hours, the world’s deserts receive more energy from the sun than humankind consumes in a year. (x)
I don’t care how many times I see this I will always reblog it
Stop spending money on war and lies and start spending it on ways to make this planet better.
I saw someone’s argument against trying to stop global warming and it was literally “What if global warming is fake and we make the world a better place for no reason?”
I knew that my contry was hot … but not that much
If you would report an undocumented immigrant to ICE you would have reported me to the Nazis and I don’t fucking trust you
A note:
I live in a state where you “have to” report anyone you suspect of being undocumented (that wonderful hellhole of Arizona). Now in practice this law has fallen far short, thank goodness. But if you live in such a place and they start enforcing it, here is how you get around it:
Assume everyone who doesn’t speak English is visiting.
Never ask about their job, because if they tell you they work here then you know they’re not visiting. You see them a lot for several weeks or months? Hm. Someone in the family must be ill. That’s terribly tough. They always dress in old, ratty laborers’ clothes? I feel you, my dude, I can’t afford new clothes either, and my dad has the fashion sense of an aardvark, so sometimes it’s not even about “affording” them. They say they’ve been here for years? You must have misunderstood. Spanish isn’t your first language, after all. First and last name? It never came up, or you don’t recall–you meet a lot of people.
And then, if you’re asked: no, you haven’t seen anyone residing illegally in the United States. Just people visiting.
Very good very important addition
Essentially, this is the civil society version of a work-to-rule strike.
Don’t do more than is expressly asked of you, and do what you are asked with such an intense attention to protocol that not asking you at all becomes more effective than even bothering.
In this case:
“Have you seen an illegal immigrant?”
“Could you describe an illegal immigrant, officer?”
*officer describes a person who is in the country without appropriate paperwork, or who has crossed the border illegally*
“No, sir, I haven’t seen any illegal immigrant.”
And this is correct. You have NOT seen an illegal immigrant, because you have no way of knowing if Jose Fulano is here legally or not. And since you can’t see his paperwork (or lack thereof), and did not personally see him cross the border illegally, you are only answering precisely the question asked.
I’m not American, and I have like, three followers, but this is important.
So, I’m a lawyer, who deals with immigration though does not specialize in it. But here’s the thing(s):
1) Even someone who’s working could be here on a migrant (or other sort of) visa (hey, there are a few thousand per year, and *someone*’s got to get them, right?) or could be waiting for their case to resolve in immigration court, after having come to America to join a born or naturalized American family member.
2) Even people who are working improperly could have come into the country legally – and just overstayed their visa or be violating the conditions of their visa, and you have no idea what the niggly little regulations that govern that might be.
3) If a law enforcement officer asks you about a neighbor/friend/etc., take this moment to remind them that, unlike them, you cannot ask a random person off the street for their ID and be entitled to a response.
4) Even if someone has told you that they are undocumented, you still don’t know, do you? Humans lie all the time. How could you know for sure? You can’t, because they can’t prove that they have a lack of papers. Just because you haven’t seen papers doesn’t mean they don’t exist!
5) Don’t ever talk to cops in general. Why are you talking to a cop? Stop that, as soon as it is safe and feasible.
Love,
a very tired public defender
sometimes i think about gay people who lived centuries ago who thought they were all alone who imagined a world where they could live openly as themselves who met in secret spoke in code defied everything and everyone just to exist and i’m like..i gotta sit down. whew i gotta sit down
this is why this sappho fragment hits me so hard
Here’s me with a sword my jewish grandfather stole off of a nazi happy thanksgiving
My favorite part of Hanukkah season is hearing about how Jewish grandparents fucked over Nazi soldiers whenever possible in so many lovely ways.
trans men don’t have to fit cisgender society’s idea of masculine to be loved. if i decide i want to wear a choker or some blush or some heeled boots that doesn’t make me a woman or any less trans.
Shout-out to aces that are exploring their identity after a trauma! Even if you find asexuality isn’t for you later in your recovery period, that’s okay! If you like identifying as ace now, you are valid to do so!
Aces who are sex-repulsed due to trauma are valid! Aces who like sex after trauma are valid! Your trauma does not make your asexuality or expression of asexuality any more or less valid!
The makes me so happy. It's never to late to come out or express your identity.
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